A. E. Burnside
         n 1: United States general in the American Civil War who was
               defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg
               (1824-1881) [syn: {Burnside}, {A. E. Burnside}, {Ambrose
               Everett Burnside}]

English Dictionary: affront	by the DICT Development Group
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aberrance n a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance]
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aberrancy n a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance]
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aberrant adj markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" Synonym(s): aberrant, deviant, deviate n one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
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abhorrence n hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium]
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abhorrent adj offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" Synonym(s): abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive
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Abraham n the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son; "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham" Synonym(s): Abraham, Ibrahim
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Abraham Lincoln n 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) Synonym(s): Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Stoker n Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) Synonym(s): Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker
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Abraham's bosom n the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death Synonym(s): Abraham's bosom, bosom of Abraham
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Abramis n European fishes Synonym(s): Abramis, genus Abramis
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Abramis brama n European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food Synonym(s): European bream, Abramis brama
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abranchial adj having no gills [syn: abranchiate, abranchial, abranchious, gill-less] Antonym(s): branchiate, gilled
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abranchiate adj having no gills [syn: abranchiate, abranchial, abranchious, gill-less] Antonym(s): branchiate, gilled
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abranchious adj having no gills [syn: abranchiate, abranchial, abranchious, gill-less] Antonym(s): branchiate, gilled
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Abronia n genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers Synonym(s): Abronia, genus Abronia
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Abronia elliptica n plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions Synonym(s): snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica
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Abronia fragrans n taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers Synonym(s): sweet sand verbena, Abronia fragrans
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Abronia latifolia n plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia Synonym(s): yellow sand verbena, Abronia latifolia
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Abronia maritima n plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico Synonym(s): beach pancake, Abronia maritima
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Abronia umbellata n prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California Synonym(s): beach sand verbena, pink sand verbena, Abronia umbellata
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Abronia villosa n soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet- shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico Synonym(s): desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa
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Aepyornidae n coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes [syn: Aepyornidae, family Aepyornidae]
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Aepyorniformes n huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds [syn: Aepyorniformes, order Aepyorniformes]
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aepyornis n huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar [syn: elephant bird, aepyornis]
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afferent adj of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" Antonym(s): efferent, motorial n a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system Synonym(s): sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent
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afferent fiber n a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system Synonym(s): sensory fiber, afferent fiber
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afferent nerve n a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system Synonym(s): sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent
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afferent neuron n a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord Synonym(s): sensory neuron, afferent neuron
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affirm v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" Synonym(s): confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm Antonym(s): contradict, negate to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" Synonym(s): affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear say yes to
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affirmable adj capable of being affirmed or asserted; "a quality affirmable of every member of the family" Synonym(s): affirmable, assertable
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affirmation n a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something Synonym(s): avowal, avouchment, affirmation the act of affirming or asserting or stating something Synonym(s): affirmation, assertion, statement (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand Antonym(s): reversal
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affirmative adj affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes" Synonym(s): affirmative, affirmatory Antonym(s): negative expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" Synonym(s): affirmative, optimistic expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" Synonym(s): approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive n a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative" Antonym(s): negative
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affirmative action n a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities; "affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision"
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affirmative pleading n any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff
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affirmatively adv in an affirmative manner
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affirmativeness n the agreeable quality of one who assents
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affirmatory adj affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes" Synonym(s): affirmative, affirmatory Antonym(s): negative
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Affirmed n thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978
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affirmer n someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence" Synonym(s): asserter, declarer, affirmer, asseverator, avower
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affranchise v grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" Synonym(s): affranchise, enfranchise
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affront n a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" Synonym(s): insult, affront v treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" Synonym(s): diss, insult, affront
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aforementioned adj being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges" Synonym(s): aforesaid(a), aforementioned(a), said(a)
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Aframomum n an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae Synonym(s): Aframomum, genus Aframomum
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Aframomum melegueta n West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds [syn: grains of paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melagueta pepper, Aframomum melegueta]
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Afro-American adj pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American" Synonym(s): African-American, Afro-American n an American whose ancestors were born in Africa [syn: African-American, African American, Afro-American, Black American]
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aperient adj mildly laxative n a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Synonym(s): purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
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apiarian adj relating to bees or beekeeping
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apparency n the property of being apparent [syn: apparentness, apparency]
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apparent adj clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" Synonym(s): apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" Synonym(s): apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)
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apparent horizon n the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet [syn: horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline]
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apparent motion n an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" Synonym(s): apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement
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apparent movement n an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" Synonym(s): apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement
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apparently adv from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor" Synonym(s): apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" Synonym(s): obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain
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apparentness n the property of being apparent [syn: apparentness, apparency]
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appearance n outward or visible aspect of a person or thing [syn: appearance, visual aspect] the event of coming into sight Antonym(s): disappearance formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action Synonym(s): appearance, appearing, coming into court a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" Antonym(s): disappearance, disappearing pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" Synonym(s): appearance, show
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appearing n formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action Synonym(s): appearance, appearing, coming into court
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apprehend v get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" Synonym(s): grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" Synonym(s): collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop anticipate with dread or anxiety Synonym(s): apprehend, quail at
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apprehended adj fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known" Synonym(s): appreciated, apprehended, comprehended
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apprehender n a person who knows or apprehends [syn: knower, apprehender] a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
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apprehensible adj capable of being apprehended or understood [syn: apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable]
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apprehension n fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" Synonym(s): apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" Synonym(s): understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy painful expectation Synonym(s): apprehension, misgiving the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" Synonym(s): apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
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apprehensive adj quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne Synonym(s): apprehensive, discerning mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" Synonym(s): apprehensive, worried in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
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apprehensively adv with anxiety or apprehension; "we watched anxiously" Synonym(s): anxiously, uneasily, apprehensively
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apprehensiveness n fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" Synonym(s): apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
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apprentice n works for an expert to learn a trade [syn: apprentice, learner, prentice] v be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master"
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apprenticed adj bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured]
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apprenticeship n the position of apprentice
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apron n a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) Synonym(s): proscenium, apron, forestage a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
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apron string n (usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waist
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auburn adj (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"
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avaram n evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia Synonym(s): avaram, tanner's cassia, Senna auriculata, Cassia auriculata
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averment n a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) Synonym(s): assertion, averment, asseveration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friend \Friend\ (fr[ecr]nd), n. [OR. frend, freond, AS.       fre[a2]nd, prop. p. pr. of fre[a2]n, fre[a2]gan, to love;       akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love,       OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. fr[91]ndi kinsman, Sw.       fr[84]nde. Goth. frij[omac]nds friend, frij[omac]n to love.       [root]83. See {Free}, and cf. {Fiend}.]       1. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem,             respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud             welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes,             an attendant.                         Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.                                                                               --Dryden.                         A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.                                                                               --Prov. xviii.                                                                               24.          2. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also,             one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly             feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a             term of friendly address.                         Friend, how camest thou in hither?      --Matt. xxii.                                                                               12.          3. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a             project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend             to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.          4. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward             rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and             speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live             at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.                         America was first visited by Friends in 1656. --T.                                                                               Chase.          5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] --Shak.          {A friend} {at court [or] in court}, one disposed to act as a             friend in a place of special opportunity or influence.          {To be friends with}, to have friendly relations with.             [bd]He's . . . friends with C[91]sar.[b8] --Shak.          {To make friends with}, to become reconciled to or on             friendly terms with. [bd]Having now made friends with the             Athenians.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd.).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leek \Leek\ (l[emac]k), n. [AS. le[a0]c; akin to D. look, G.       lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l[94]k, Dan l[94]g. Cf.       {Garlic}.] (Bot.)       A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. Porrum}), having broadly       linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong       cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the       common onion.          {Wild leek}, in America, a plant ({Allium tricoccum}) with a             cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
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Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]       1. The quality or state of being variant; change of             condition; variation.          2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy;             disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.                         That which is the strength of their amity shall                      prove the immediate author of their variance.                                                                               --Shak.          3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of             the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought             to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or             between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier.          {A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or             controversy; at enmity. [bd]What cause brought him so soon             at variance with himself?[b8] --Milton.
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Cankerworm \Can"ker*worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very       injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often       entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[91] are       also called cankerworms.          Note: The autumnal species ({Anisopteryx pometaria}) becomes                adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The                spring species ({A. vernata}) remains in the ground                through the winter, and matures in early spring. Both                have winged males and wingless females. The larv[91]                are similar in appearance and habits, and belong to the                family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larv[91]                hatch from the eggs when the leaves begin to expand in                spring.
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Abearance \A*bear"ance\, n.       Behavior. [Obs.] --Blackstone.
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Abearing \A*bear"ing\, n.       Behavior. [Obs.] --Sir. T. More.
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Aberrance \Ab*er"rance\, Aberrancy \Ab*er"ran*cy\, n.       State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way;       deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.          {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve             from a circular form.
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Aberrance \Ab*er"rance\, Aberrancy \Ab*er"ran*cy\, n.       State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way;       deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.          {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve             from a circular form.
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Aberrance \Ab*er"rance\, Aberrancy \Ab*er"ran*cy\, n.       State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way;       deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.          {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve             from a circular form.
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Curvature \Cur"va*ture\ (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See       {Curvate}.]       1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved;             a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or             surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.             --Cowper.                         The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin.          2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical             curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a             tangent drawn to the curve at that point.          {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve             from a circular form.          {Absolute curvature}. See under {Absolute}.          {Angle of curvature} (Geom.), one that expresses the amount             of curvature of a curve.          {Chord of curvature}. See under {Chord}.          {Circle of curvature}. See {Osculating circle of a curve},             under {Circle}.          {Curvature of the spine} (Med.), an abnormal curving of the             spine, especially in a lateral direction.          {Radius of curvature}, the radius of the circle of curvature,             or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve.
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Aberrant \Ab*er"rant\, a. [L. aberrans, -rantis, p. pr. of       aberrare. See {Aberr}.]       1. Wandering; straying from the right way.          2. (Biol.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type;             exceptional; abnormal.                         The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have                      been the number of connecting forms which, on my                      theory, have been exterminated.         --Darwin.
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Aberuncate \Ab`e*run"cate\, v. t. [L. aberuncare, for       aberruncare. See {Averruncate}.]       To weed out. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Aberuncator \Ab`e*run"ca*tor\, n.       A weeding machine.
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Abhorrence \Ab*hor"rence\, n.       Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
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Abhorrency \Ab*hor"ren*cy\, n.       Abhorrence. [Obs.] --Locke.
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Abhorrent \Ab*hor"rent\, a. [L. abhorens, -rentis, p. pr. of       abhorrere.]       1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence;             loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent             thoughts.                         The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason.                                                                               --Burke.                         The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn                      abhorrent.                                          --Clover.          2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; --             followed by to. [bd]Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent             to our stricter principles.[b8] --Gibbon.          3. Detestable. [bd]Pride, abhorrent as it is.[b8] --I.             Taylor.
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Abhorrently \Ab*hor"rent*ly\, adv.       With abhorrence.
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Abhor \Ab*hor"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abhorred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Abhorring}.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver,       shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See {Horrid}.]       1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror             or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to             detest to extremity; to loathe.                         Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is                      good.                                                --Rom. xii. 9.          2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]                         It doth abhor me now I speak the word. --Shak.          3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.]                         I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my                      judge.                                                --Shak.          Syn: To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See {Hate}.
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Abhorring \Ab*hor"ring\, n.       1. Detestation. --Milton.          2. Object of abhorrence. --Isa. lxvi. 24.
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Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shamming}.]       1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false             pretenses.                         Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange.          2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]                         We must have a care that we do not . . . sham                      fallacies upon the world for current reason.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape;             to feign.          {To sham Abram} [or] {Abraham}, to feign sickness; to             malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant,             Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.
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Abrahamic \A`bra*ham"ic\, a.       Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic       covenant.
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Abrahamitic \A`bra*ham*it"ic\, ical \*ic*al\, a.       Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
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Abraham-man \A"bra*ham-man`\[or] Abram-man \A"bram-man`\, n.       [Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in       Luke xvi. --Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).]       One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through       England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.       --Nares.          {To sham Abraham}, to feign sickness. --Goldsmith.
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Zope \Zope\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.)       A European fresh-water bream ({Abramis ballerus}).
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d8Z84rthe \[d8]Z[84]r"the\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A European bream ({Abramis vimba}). [Written also {zaerthe}.]
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Abraham-man \A"bra*ham-man`\[or] Abram-man \A"bram-man`\, n.       [Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in       Luke xvi. --Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).]       One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through       England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.       --Nares.          {To sham Abraham}, to feign sickness. --Goldsmith.
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Abranchial \A*bran"chi*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Abranchiate.
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Abranchiate \A*bran"chi*ate\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Without gills.
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Abraum \A*braum"\ or Abraum salts \A*braum" salts\, n. [Ger.,       fr. abr[84]umen to remove.]       A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride       of potassium.
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Abraum \A*braum"\ or Abraum salts \A*braum" salts\, n. [Ger.,       fr. abr[84]umen to remove.]       A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride       of potassium.
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Abrenounce \Ab`re*nounce"\, v. t. [L. abrenuntiare; ab +       renuntiare. See {Renounce}.]       To renounce. [Obs.] [bd]They abrenounce and cast them       off.[b8] --Latimer.
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Abrenunciation \Ab`re*nun`ci*a"tion\, n. [LL. abrenuntiatio. See       {Abrenounce}.]       Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [Obs.]                   An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had                professed, and still believed.               --Fuller.
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Affeerment \Af*feer"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. aforement.] (Old Law)       The act of affeering. --Blackstone.
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Afferent \Af"fer*ent\, a. [L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad +       ferre to bear.] (Physiol.)       Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed       to {efferent}; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which       convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
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Affirm \Af*firm"\, v. i.       1. To declare or assert positively.                         Not that I so affirm, though so it seem To thee, who                      hast thy dwelling here on earth.         --Milton.          2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized             magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to             testify by affirmation.
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Affirm \Af*firm"\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Affirmed} (-f[etil]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE.       affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L.       affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See       {Firm}.]       1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert             or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought             before an appellate court for review.          2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to             maintain as true; -- opposed to {deny}.                         Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts                                                                               xxv. 19.          3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial             sanction. See {Affirmation}, 4.          Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce;                protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify.          Usage: To {Affirm}, {Asseverate}, {Aver}, {Protest}. We                   affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a                   proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest                   manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not                   be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be                   true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We                   protest in a more public manner and with the energy of                   perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to                   produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when                   they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they                   protest when they wish to free themselves from                   imputations, or to produce a conviction of their                   innocence.
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Affirmable \Af*firm"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed       by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
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Affirmance \Af*firm"ance\, n. [Cf. OF. afermance.]       1. Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable             act.                         This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law.                                                                               --Bacon.          2. A strong declaration; affirmation. --Cowper.
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Affirmant \Af*firm"ant\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"[ait]nt), n. [L.       affirmans, -antis, p. pr. See {Affirm}.]       1. One who affirms or asserts.          2. (Law) One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.
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Affirmation \Af`fir*ma"tion\, n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F.       affirmation.]       1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as,             the affirmation of a law. --Hooker.          2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; --             opposed to {negation} or {denial}.          3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive             statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender,             of title to property sold, or of its quality.          4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of             perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an             oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.             --Bouvier.
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Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F.       affirmatif.]       1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common             law.          2. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory             of what exists; answering [bd]yes[b8] to a question; --             opposed to {negative}; as, an affirmative answer; an             affirmative vote.          3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor.                         Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of                      Crito.                                                --Berkeley.          4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a             proposition.          5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are             to be added, and opposed to {negative}, or such as are to             be subtracted.
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Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, n.       1. That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an             affirmative proposition; that side of question which             affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to             {negative}; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative,             and ten in the negative.                         Whether there are such beings or not, 't is                      sufficient for my purpose that many have believed                      the affirmative.                                 --Dryden.          2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as,             yes, that is so, etc.
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Affirmatively \Af*firm"a*tive*ly\, adv.       In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a       question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to {negatively}.
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Affirmatory \Af*firm"a*to*ry\, a.       Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. --Massey.
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Affirm \Af*firm"\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Affirmed} (-f[etil]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE.       affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L.       affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See       {Firm}.]       1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert             or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought             before an appellate court for review.          2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to             maintain as true; -- opposed to {deny}.                         Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts                                                                               xxv. 19.          3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial             sanction. See {Affirmation}, 4.          Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce;                protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify.          Usage: To {Affirm}, {Asseverate}, {Aver}, {Protest}. We                   affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a                   proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest                   manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not                   be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be                   true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We                   protest in a more public manner and with the energy of                   perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to                   produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when                   they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they                   protest when they wish to free themselves from                   imputations, or to produce a conviction of their                   innocence.
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Affirmer \Af*firm"er\, n.       One who affirms.
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Affirm \Af*firm"\ ([acr]f*f[etil]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Affirmed} (-f[etil]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE.       affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L.       affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See       {Firm}.]       1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert             or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought             before an appellate court for review.          2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to             maintain as true; -- opposed to {deny}.                         Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts                                                                               xxv. 19.          3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial             sanction. See {Affirmation}, 4.          Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce;                protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify.          Usage: To {Affirm}, {Asseverate}, {Aver}, {Protest}. We                   affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a                   proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest                   manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not                   be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be                   true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We                   protest in a more public manner and with the energy of                   perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to                   produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when                   they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they                   protest when they wish to free themselves from                   imputations, or to produce a conviction of their                   innocence.
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Afformative \Af*form"a*tive\, n.       An affix.
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Affranchise \Af*fran"chise\, v. t. [F. affranchir; [?] (L. ad) +       franc free. See {Franchise} and {Frank}.]       To make free; to enfranchise. --Johnson.
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Affranchisement \Af*fran"chise*ment\, n. [Cf. F.       affranchissement.]       The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]
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Affrayment \Af*fray"ment\, n.       Affray. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Affriended \Af*friend"ed\, p. p.       Made friends; reconciled. [Obs.] [bd]Deadly foes . . .       affriended.[b8] --Spenser.
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Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Pocketing}.]       1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the             change.                         He would pocket the expense of the license.                                                                               --Sterne.          2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.                         He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long                      been dead.                                          --Macaulay.          {To pocket a ball} (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket             of the table.          {To pocket an insult}, {affront}, etc., to receive an affront             without open resentment, or without seeking redress. [bd]I             must pocket up these wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to       confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons       forehead, front. See {Front}.]       1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face             to face. [Obs.]                         All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland.                         That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront                      Ophelia.                                             --Shak.          2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death;             hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]          3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult             to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked             incivility.                         How can any one imagine that the fathers would have                      dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison.          Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight;                defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.
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Affront \Af*front"\, n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.]       1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.]                         I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On                      hostile ground, none daring my affront. --Milton.          2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies             resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity;             insult.                         Offering an affront to our understanding. --Addison.          3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. --Arbuthnot.          Syn: {Affront}, {Insult}, {Outrage}.          Usage: An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually                   in the presence of others. An insult is a personal                   attack either by words or actions, designed to                   humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme                   and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and                   mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an                   outrage wounds and injures.                               Captious persons construe every innocent freedom                            into an affront. When people are in a state of                            animosity, they seek opportunities of offering                            each other insults. Intoxication or violent                            passion impels men to the commission of                            outrages.                                    --Crabb.
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Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Pocketing}.]       1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the             change.                         He would pocket the expense of the license.                                                                               --Sterne.          2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.                         He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long                      been dead.                                          --Macaulay.          {To pocket a ball} (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket             of the table.          {To pocket an insult}, {affront}, etc., to receive an affront             without open resentment, or without seeking redress. [bd]I             must pocket up these wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to       confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons       forehead, front. See {Front}.]       1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face             to face. [Obs.]                         All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland.                         That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront                      Ophelia.                                             --Shak.          2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death;             hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]          3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult             to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked             incivility.                         How can any one imagine that the fathers would have                      dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison.          Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight;                defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.
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Affront \Af*front"\, n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.]       1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.]                         I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On                      hostile ground, none daring my affront. --Milton.          2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies             resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity;             insult.                         Offering an affront to our understanding. --Addison.          3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. --Arbuthnot.          Syn: {Affront}, {Insult}, {Outrage}.          Usage: An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually                   in the presence of others. An insult is a personal                   attack either by words or actions, designed to                   humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme                   and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and                   mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an                   outrage wounds and injures.                               Captious persons construe every innocent freedom                            into an affront. When people are in a state of                            animosity, they seek opportunities of offering                            each other insults. Intoxication or violent                            passion impels men to the commission of                            outrages.                                    --Crabb.
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Affront82 \Af*fron*t[82]"\, a. [F. affront[82], p. p.] (Her.)       Face to face, or front to front; facing.
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to       confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons       forehead, front. See {Front}.]       1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face             to face. [Obs.]                         All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland.                         That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront                      Ophelia.                                             --Shak.          2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death;             hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]          3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult             to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked             incivility.                         How can any one imagine that the fathers would have                      dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison.          Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight;                defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.
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Affrontedly \Af*front"ed*ly\, adv.       Shamelessly. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Affrontee \Af*fron*tee"\, n.       One who receives an affront. --Lytton.
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Affronter \Af*front"er\, n.       One who affronts, or insults to the face.
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Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to       confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons       forehead, front. See {Front}.]       1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face             to face. [Obs.]                         All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland.                         That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront                      Ophelia.                                             --Shak.          2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death;             hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]          3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult             to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked             incivility.                         How can any one imagine that the fathers would have                      dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison.          Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight;                defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.
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Affrontingly \Af*front"ing*ly\, adv.       In an affronting manner.
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Affrontive \Af*front"ive\, a.       Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.                   How affrontive it is to despise mercy.   --South.
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Affrontiveness \Af*front"ive*ness\       ([acr]f*fr[ucr]nt"[icr]v*n[ecr]s), n.       The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] --Bailey.
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Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\adv.       Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]                   She is come aforehand to anoint my body. --Mark xiv. 8.
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Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\, a.       Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to {behindhand}.       [Archaic or Dial.]                   Aforehand in all matters of power.         --Bacon.
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Aforementioned \A*fore"men`tioned\, a.       Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. --Addison.
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Aforenamed \A*fore"named`\, a.       Named before. --Peacham.
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Afront \A*front"\, adv. [Pref. a- + front.]       In front; face to face. -- prep. In front of. --Shak.
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Aperient \A*pe"ri*ent\, a. [L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to       uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce.       Cf. {Cover}, {Overt}.] (Med.)       Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient       medicine or food. --Arbuthnot.
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Apiarian \A`pi*a"ri*an\, a.       Of or relating to bees.
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Apparence \Ap*par"ence\, n. [OF. aparence.]       Appearance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Apparency \Ap*par"en*cy\, n.       1. Appearance. [Obs.]          2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. --Coleridge.          3. The position of being heir apparent.
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.       pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.]       1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;             visible to the eye; within sight or view.                         The moon . . . apparent queen.            --Milton.          2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;             obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.                         It is apparent foul play.                  --Shak.          3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not             necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the             apparent motion or diameter of the sun.                         To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent                      friendship.                                       --Macaulay.                         What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by                      astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.          {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds             our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the             earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational             horizon.          {Apparent time}. See {Time}.          {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible             if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from             presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}.          Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;                evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, n.       An heir apparent. [Obs.]                   I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown.                                                                               --Shak.
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4. Greatness; grandeur. [bd]With plain, heroic magnitude of             mind.[b8] --Milton.          5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect;             importance; as, an affair of magnitude.                         The magnitude of his designs.            --Bp. Horsley.          {Apparent magnitude} (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object             viewed as measured by the angle which it subtends at the             eye of the observer; -- called also {apparent diameter}.                      {Magnitude of a star} (Astron.), the rank of a star with             respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are             said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth             magnitude being just visible to the naked eye. Telescopic             stars are classified down to the twelfth magnitude or             lower. The scale of the magnitudes is quite arbitrary, but             by means of photometers, the classification has been made             to tenths of a magnitude.
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.       pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.]       1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;             visible to the eye; within sight or view.                         The moon . . . apparent queen.            --Milton.          2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;             obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.                         It is apparent foul play.                  --Shak.          3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not             necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the             apparent motion or diameter of the sun.                         To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent                      friendship.                                       --Macaulay.                         What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by                      astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.          {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds             our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the             earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational             horizon.          {Apparent time}. See {Time}.          {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible             if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from             presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}.          Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;                evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
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Horizon \Ho*ri"zon\, n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. [?] (sc.       [?]) the bounding line, horizon, fr. [?] to bound, fr. [?]       boundary, limit.]       1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface             visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent             junction of the earth and sky.                         And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above                      the border of this horizon.               --Shak.                         All the horizon round Invested with bright rays.                                                                               --Milton.          2. (Astron.)             (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and                   at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a                   plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place;                   called distinctively the sensible horizon.             (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place,                   and passing through the earth's center; -- called also                   {rational [or] celestial horizon}.             (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as                   seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being                   visible.          3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.                         The strata all over the earth, which were formed at                      the same time, are said to belong to the same                      geological horizon.                           --Le Conte.          4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any             sort, which determines in the picture the height of the             eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the             representation of the natural horizon corresponds with             this line.          {Apparent horizon}. See under {Apparent}.          {Artificial horizon}, a level mirror, as the surface of             mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted             to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the             sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial             body.          {Celestial horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above.          {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the vertical angle between             the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon,             the latter always being below the former.          {Rational horizon}, and {Sensible horizon}. (Astron.) See             def. 2, above.          {Visible horizon}. See definitions 1 and 2, above.
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4. Greatness; grandeur. [bd]With plain, heroic magnitude of             mind.[b8] --Milton.          5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect;             importance; as, an affair of magnitude.                         The magnitude of his designs.            --Bp. Horsley.          {Apparent magnitude} (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object             viewed as measured by the angle which it subtends at the             eye of the observer; -- called also {apparent diameter}.                      {Magnitude of a star} (Astron.), the rank of a star with             respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are             said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth             magnitude being just visible to the naked eye. Telescopic             stars are classified down to the twelfth magnitude or             lower. The scale of the magnitudes is quite arbitrary, but             by means of photometers, the classification has been made             to tenths of a magnitude.
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Time \Time\, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[c6]ma, akin to       t[c6]d time, and to Icel. t[c6]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw.       timme. [fb]58. See {Tide}, n.]       1. Duration, considered independently of any system of             measurement or any employment of terms which designate             limited portions thereof.                         The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to                      be accounted simple and original than those of space                      and time.                                          --Reid.          2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past,             present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as,             the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.                         God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake                      in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.                                                                               --Heb. i. 1.          3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person             lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was             destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the             plural; as, ancient times; modern times.          4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a             person has at his disposal.                         Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to                      God, to religion, to mankind.            --Buckminster.          5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.                         There is . . . a time to every purpose. --Eccl. iii.                                                                               1.                         The time of figs was not yet.            --Mark xi. 13.          6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.                         She was within one month of her time. --Clarendon.          7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event,             considered with reference to repetition; addition of a             number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four             times; four times four, or sixteen.                         Summers three times eight save one.   --Milton.          8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted             with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite,             duration.                         Till time and sin together cease.      --Keble.          9. (Gram.) Tense.          10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo;             rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or             triple time; the musician keeps good time.                         Some few lines set unto a solemn time. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds,                mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered,                time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming,                time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned,                time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc.          {Absolute time}, time irrespective of local standards or             epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same             instant of absolute time.          {Apparent time}, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so             that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit             of the sun's center over the meridian.          {Astronomical time}, mean solar time reckoned by counting the             hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the             next.          {At times}, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then;             as, at times he reads, at other times he rides.          {Civil time}, time as reckoned for the purposes of common             life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours,             etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided             into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first             series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to             midnight.          {Common time} (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which             ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are             taken in one minute.          {Equation of time}. See under {Equation}, n.          {In time}.             (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in                   time to see the exhibition.             (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually;                   finally; as, you will in time recover your health and                   strength.          {Mean time}. See under 4th {Mean}.          {Quick time} (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred             and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken             in one minute.          {Sidereal time}. See under {Sidereal}.          {Standard time}, the civil time that has been established by             law or by general usage over a region or country. In             England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In             the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time             have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the             people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific             time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of             the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from             Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight             hours slower than Greenwich time.          {Time ball}, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a             pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich             Observatory, England. --Nichol.          {Time bargain} (Com.), a contract made for the sale or             purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds,             at a certain time in the future.
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.       pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.]       1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;             visible to the eye; within sight or view.                         The moon . . . apparent queen.            --Milton.          2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;             obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.                         It is apparent foul play.                  --Shak.          3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not             necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the             apparent motion or diameter of the sun.                         To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent                      friendship.                                       --Macaulay.                         What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by                      astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.          {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds             our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the             earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational             horizon.          {Apparent time}. See {Time}.          {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible             if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from             presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}.          Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;                evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
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Apparently \Ap*par"ent*ly\, adv.       1. Visibly. [Obs.] --Hobbes.          2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.                         If he should scorn me so apparently.   --Shak.          3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently             friendly, yet malicious in heart.
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Apparentness \Ap*par"ent*ness\, n.       Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.       [R.] --Sherwood.
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Appearance \Ap*pear"ance\, n. [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr.       apparere. See {Appear}.]       1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of             becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance             surprised me.          2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an             appearance in the sky.          3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect;             mien.                         And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance                      answer loud report.                           --Milton.          4. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl.             Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a             particular impression or to determine the judgment as to             the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state;             as, appearances are against him.                         There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the                      appearance of fire.                           --Num. ix. 15.                         For man looketh on the outward appearance. --1 Sam.                                                                               xvi. 7.                         Judge not according to the appearance. --John. vii.                                                                               24.          5. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society,             a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public             in a particular character; as, a person makes his             appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.                         Will he now retire, After appearance, and again                      prolong Our expectation?                     --Milton.          6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.]                         There is that which hath no appearance. --Bacon.          7. (Law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the             being present in court; the coming into court of a party             summoned in an action, either by himself or by his             attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper             officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a             party proceeded against places himself before the court,             and submits to its jurisdiction. --Burrill. --Bouvier.             --Daniell.          {To put in an appearance}, to be present; to appear in             person.          {To save appearances}, to preserve a fair outward show.          Syn: Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air;                look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.
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Appear \Ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Appeared}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Appearing}.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F.       apparoir, fr. L. appar[?]re to appear + par[?]reto come       forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par[?]re to       produce. Cf. {Apparent}, {Parent}, {Peer}, v. i.]       1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.                         And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear.                                                                               --Gen. i. 9.          2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at             that time.          3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or             superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the             like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before             a court, or as a person to be tried.                         We must all appear before the judgment seat. --[b5]                                                                               Cor. v. 10.                         One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to                      appear.                                             --Macaulay.          4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be             known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as             a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.                         It doth not yet appear what we shall be. --1 John                                                                               iii. 2.                         Of their vain contest appeared no end. --Milton.          5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.                         They disfigure their faces, that they may appear                      unto men to fast.                              --Matt. vi.                                                                               16.          Syn: To seem; look. See {Seem}.
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Appearingly \Ap*pear"ing*ly\, adv.       Apparently. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\ ([acr]p`pr[esl]*h[ecr]nd"), v. t. [imp.       & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L.       apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae       before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr.       chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F.       appr[82]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.]       1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]                         We have two hands to apprehend it.      --Jer. Taylor.          2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to             arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.          3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to             conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to             understand; to recognize; to consider.                         This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but                      a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he                      violently apprehended it.                  --Fuller.                         The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended                      them.                                                --Gladstone.          4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]                         G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then                      you must give me leave to apprehend The means and                      manner how.                                       --Beau. & Fl.          5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or             fear; to fear.                         The opposition had more reason than the king to                      apprehend violence.                           --Macaulay.          Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive;                understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread.          Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into                   comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend                   denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to                   understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend                   denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its                   compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths                   which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God                   supposes that he may be apprehended, though not                   comprehended, by rational beings. [bd]We may                   apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in                   the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will                   claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced                   in these characters.[b8] --Trench.
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\, v. i.       1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to             suppose.          2. To be apprehensive; to fear.                         It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. --Rowe.
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\ ([acr]p`pr[esl]*h[ecr]nd"), v. t. [imp.       & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L.       apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae       before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr.       chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F.       appr[82]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.]       1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]                         We have two hands to apprehend it.      --Jer. Taylor.          2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to             arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.          3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to             conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to             understand; to recognize; to consider.                         This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but                      a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he                      violently apprehended it.                  --Fuller.                         The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended                      them.                                                --Gladstone.          4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]                         G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then                      you must give me leave to apprehend The means and                      manner how.                                       --Beau. & Fl.          5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or             fear; to fear.                         The opposition had more reason than the king to                      apprehend violence.                           --Macaulay.          Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive;                understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread.          Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into                   comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend                   denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to                   understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend                   denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its                   compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths                   which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God                   supposes that he may be apprehended, though not                   comprehended, by rational beings. [bd]We may                   apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in                   the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will                   claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced                   in these characters.[b8] --Trench.
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Apprehender \Ap`pre*hend"er\, n.       One who apprehends.
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Apprehend \Ap`pre*hend"\ ([acr]p`pr[esl]*h[ecr]nd"), v. t. [imp.       & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L.       apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae       before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr.       chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F.       appr[82]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.]       1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]                         We have two hands to apprehend it.      --Jer. Taylor.          2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to             arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.          3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to             conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to             understand; to recognize; to consider.                         This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but                      a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he                      violently apprehended it.                  --Fuller.                         The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended                      them.                                                --Gladstone.          4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]                         G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then                      you must give me leave to apprehend The means and                      manner how.                                       --Beau. & Fl.          5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or             fear; to fear.                         The opposition had more reason than the king to                      apprehend violence.                           --Macaulay.          Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive;                understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread.          Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into                   comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend                   denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to                   understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend                   denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its                   compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths                   which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God                   supposes that he may be apprehended, though not                   comprehended, by rational beings. [bd]We may                   apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in                   the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will                   claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced                   in these characters.[b8] --Trench.
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Apprehensibiity \Ap`pre*hen`si*bi"i*ty\, n.       The quality of being apprehensible. [R.] --De Quincey.
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Apprehensible \Ap`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See       {Apprehend}.]       Capable of being apprehended or conceived. [bd]Apprehensible       by faith.[b8] --Bp. Hall. -- {Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly}, adv.
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Apprehensible \Ap`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See       {Apprehend}.]       Capable of being apprehended or conceived. [bd]Apprehensible       by faith.[b8] --Bp. Hall. -- {Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly}, adv.
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Apprehension \Ap`pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. apprehensio: cf. F.       appr[82]hension. See {Apprehend}.]       1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the             hand is an organ of apprehension. --Sir T. Browne.          2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as,             the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.          3. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation             of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any             judgment; intellection; perception.                         Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's                      naked intellection of an object.         --Glanvill.          4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.          Note: In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded                on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the                mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our                apprehension, the facts prove the issue.                            To false, and to be thought false, is all one in                         respect of men, who act not according to truth,                         but apprehension.                           --South.          5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding;             as, a man of dull apprehension.          6. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or             fear at the prospect of future evil.                         After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was                      in no small apprehension for his own life.                                                                               --Addison.          Syn: {Apprehension}, {Alarm}.          Usage: Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when                   somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from                   danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is                   calmer and more permanent; alarm is more agitating and                   transient.
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Apprehensive \Ap`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. appr[82]hensif. See       {Apprehend}.]       1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt;             discerning.                         It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a                      kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to                      our talk.                                          --Hawthorne.          2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]                         A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and                      folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of                      it.                                                   --Jer. Taylor.          3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.                         Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may             be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of             evil.                         Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.                                                                               --Tillotson.                         Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives.                                                                               --Gladstone.          5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]                         Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,                      Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. --Milton.
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Apprehensively \Ap`pre*hen"sive*ly\, adv.       In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
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Apprehensiveness \Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being apprehensive.
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Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF.       aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L.       apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the       mind), to comprehend. See {Apprehend}, {Prentice}.]       1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to             serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time,             with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his             master is bound to instruct him.          2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.          3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of             sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the             rank of serjeant. [Obs.] --Blackstone.
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Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.]       To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the       purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
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Apprenticeage \Ap*pren"tice*age\, n. [F. apprentissage.]       Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
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Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.]       To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the       purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apprenticehood \Ap*pren"tice*hood\, n.       Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apprenticeship \Ap*pren"tice*ship\, n.       1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in             which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art,             under legal agreement.          2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years,             as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apprentice \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.]       To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the       purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appromt \Ap*promt"\ (?; 215), v. t. [Pref. ad- + promt.]       To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]                   To appromt our invention.                        --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apron \A"pron\ ([amac]"p[ucr]rn or [amac]"pr[ucr]n; 277), n.       [OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F.       nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin,       table napkin. See {Map}.]       1. An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff,             worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes             clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is             commonly tied at the waist by strings.          2. Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as,             (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.                   [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.             (b) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread                   before a person riding on an outside seat of a                   vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a                   boot. [bd]The weather being too hot for the apron.[b8]                   --Hughes.             (c) (Gun.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a                   cannon.             (d) (Shipbuilding) A piece of carved timber, just above                   the foremost end of the keel. --Totten.             (e) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a                   dock, against which the dock gates are shut.             (f) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to                   make a gradual descent.             (g) (Mech.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a                   planer.             (h) (Plumbing) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a                   wall into a gutter; a flashing.             (i) (Zo[94]l.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apron man \A"pron man`\       A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [Obs.]       --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apron string \A"pron string`\       The string of an apron.          {To be tied to a} {wife's [or] mother's} {apron strings}, to             be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.                         He was so made that he could not submit to be tied                      to the apron strings even of the best of wives.                                                                               --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apron string \A"pron string`\       The string of an apron.          {To be tied to a} {wife's [or] mother's} {apron strings}, to             be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.                         He was so made that he could not submit to be tied                      to the apron strings even of the best of wives.                                                                               --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aproned \A"proned\, a.       Wearing an apron.                   A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned.   --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apronful \A"pron*ful\, n.; pl. {Apronfuls}.       The quantity an apron can hold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apronful \A"pron*ful\, n.; pl. {Apronfuls}.       The quantity an apron can hold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apronless \A"pron*less\, a.       Without an apron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auburn \Au"burn\, a. [OE. auburne blonde, OF. alborne, auborne,       fr. LL. alburnus whitish, fr. L. albus white. Cf. {Alburn}.]       1. Flaxen-colored. [Obs.] --Florio.          2. Reddish brown.                         His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed.                                                                               --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Averment \A*ver"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum.       See {Aver}, v. t.]       1. The act of averring, or that which is averred;             affirmation; positive assertion.                         Signally has this averment received illustration in                      the course of recent events.               --I. Taylor.          2. Verification; establishment by evidence. --Bacon.          3. (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an             offer to justify or prove what is alleged.          Note: In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances                new matter, he avers it to be true, by using this form                of words: [bd]and this he is ready to verify.[b8] This                was formerly called an averment. It modern pleading, it                is termed a verification. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avernal \A*ver"nal\, Avernian \A*ver"ni*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy,       famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers       fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It       was represented by the poets to be connected with the       infernal regions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avernal \A*ver"nal\, Avernian \A*ver"ni*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy,       famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers       fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It       was represented by the poets to be connected with the       infernal regions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aver \A*ver"\ ([adot]*v[etil]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averred}       ([adot]*v[etil]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Averring}.] [F.       av[82]rer, LL. adverare, averare; L. ad + versus true. See       {Verity}.]       1. To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.]          2. (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or             justify. See {Averment}.          3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive             manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.                         It is sufficient that the very fact hath its                      foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the                      case.                                                --Fielding.                         Then all averred I had killed the bird. --Coleridge.          Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See {Affirm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Averruncate \Av`er*run"cate\, v. t. [L. averruncare to avert; a,       ab, off + verruncare to turn; formerly derived from ab and       eruncare to root out. Cf. {Aberuncate}.]       1. To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] --Hudibras.          2. To root up. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Averruncation \Av`er*run*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. OF. averroncation.]       1. The act of averting. [Obs.]          2. Eradication. [R.] --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Averruncator \Av`er*run*ca"tor\, n.       An instrument for pruning trees, having two blades, or a       blade and a hook, fixed on a long rod and operated by a       string or wire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Averruncator \Av`er*run*ca"tor\, n. [Cf. {Aberuncator}.]       An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or       a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Abernathy, TX (city, FIPS 160)       Location: 33.83176 N, 101.84463 W       Population (1990): 2720 (1034 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 79311
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Abraham, WV       Zip code(s): 25918
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Abram-Perezville, TX (CDP, FIPS 1066)       Location: 26.22280 N, 98.40117 W       Population (1990): 3999 (2769 housing units)       Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Abrams, WI       Zip code(s): 54101
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Auburn, AL (city, FIPS 3076)       Location: 32.59290 N, 85.48032 W       Population (1990): 33830 (14673 housing units)       Area: 84.2 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 36830    Auburn, CA (city, FIPS 3204)       Location: 38.89199 N, 121.07606 W       Population (1990): 10592 (4771 housing units)       Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 95603    Auburn, GA (city, FIPS 4140)       Location: 34.01328 N, 83.83318 W       Population (1990): 3139 (1358 housing units)       Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 30203    Auburn, IA (city, FIPS 3610)       Location: 42.24994 N, 94.87694 W       Population (1990): 283 (141 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Auburn, IL (city, FIPS 2921)       Location: 39.57724 N, 89.74581 W       Population (1990): 3724 (1409 housing units)       Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62615    Auburn, IN (city, FIPS 2674)       Location: 41.36332 N, 85.05763 W       Population (1990): 9379 (3853 housing units)       Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 46706    Auburn, KS (city, FIPS 3250)       Location: 38.90569 N, 95.81674 W       Population (1990): 908 (316 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66402    Auburn, KY (city, FIPS 2638)       Location: 36.86410 N, 86.71286 W       Population (1990): 1273 (561 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 42206    Auburn, MA       Zip code(s): 01501    Auburn, ME (city, FIPS 2060)       Location: 44.08420 N, 70.24954 W       Population (1990): 24309 (10406 housing units)       Area: 154.9 sq km (land), 15.6 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 04210    Auburn, MI (city, FIPS 4080)       Location: 43.60193 N, 84.07707 W       Population (1990): 1855 (752 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 48611    Auburn, NE (city, FIPS 2655)       Location: 40.38827 N, 95.84197 W       Population (1990): 3443 (1555 housing units)       Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68305    Auburn, NH       Zip code(s): 03032    Auburn, NY (city, FIPS 3078)       Location: 42.93325 N, 76.56895 W       Population (1990): 31258 (12682 housing units)       Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 13021    Auburn, PA (borough, FIPS 3488)       Location: 40.59626 N, 76.09618 W       Population (1990): 913 (342 housing units)       Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 17922    Auburn, WA (city, FIPS 3180)       Location: 47.29900 N, 122.21180 W       Population (1990): 33102 (13977 housing units)       Area: 51.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 98002    Auburn, WV (town, FIPS 3364)       Location: 39.09534 N, 80.85671 W       Population (1990): 89 (45 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26325    Auburn, WY       Zip code(s): 83111
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Auburn Hills, MI (city, FIPS 4105)       Location: 42.67450 N, 83.24353 W       Population (1990): 17076 (7069 housing units)       Area: 43.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 48326
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Auburndale, FL (city, FIPS 2550)       Location: 28.07017 N, 81.79783 W       Population (1990): 8858 (3865 housing units)       Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 33823    Auburndale, MA       Zip code(s): 02166    Auburndale, WI (village, FIPS 3775)       Location: 44.62828 N, 90.01488 W       Population (1990): 665 (249 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54412
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Auburntown, TN (town, FIPS 2400)       Location: 35.94894 N, 86.09426 W       Population (1990): 240 (111 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 37016
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abarim       regions beyond; i.e., on the east of Jordan, a mountain, or       rather a mountain-chain, over against Jericho, to the east and       south-east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab. From "the top       of Pisgah", i.e., Mount Nebo (q.v.), one of its summits, Moses       surveyed the Promised Land (Deut. 3:27; 32:49), and there he       died (34:1,5). The Israelites had one of their encampments in       the mountains of Abarim (Num. 33:47,48) after crossing the       Arnon.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abiram       father of height; i.e., "proud." (1.) One of the sons of Eliab,       who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He       and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions       (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an       earthquake (Num. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17).                (2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished       prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to       rebuild Jericho (1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of       Joshua (6:26). (See {JERICHO}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abraham       father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before       his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of       the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his       kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then, with his       father and his family and household, quitted the city of Ur, in       which he had hitherto dwelt, and went some 300 miles north to       Haran, where he abode fifteen years. The cause of his migration       was a call from God (Acts 7:2-4). There is no mention of this       first call in the Old Testament; it is implied, however, in Gen.       12. While they tarried at Haran, Terah died at the age of 205       years. Abram now received a second and more definite call,       accompanied by a promise from God (Gen. 12:1,2); whereupon he       took his departure, taking his nephew Lot with him, "not knowing       whither he went" (Heb. 11:8). He trusted implicitly to the       guidance of Him who had called him.                Abram now, with a large household of probably a thousand       souls, entered on a migratory life, and dwelt in tents. Passing       along the valley of the Jabbok, in the land of Canaan, he formed       his first encampment at Sichem (Gen. 12:6), in the vale or       oak-grove of Moreh, between Ebal on the north and Gerizim on the       south. Here he received the great promise, "I will make of thee       a great nation," etc. (Gen. 12:2,3,7). This promise comprehended       not only temporal but also spiritual blessings. It implied that       he was the chosen ancestor of the great Deliverer whose coming       had been long ago predicted (Gen. 3:15). Soon after this, for       some reason not mentioned, he removed his tent to the mountain       district between Bethel, then called Luz, and Ai, towns about       two miles apart, where he built an altar to "Jehovah." He again       moved into the southern tract of Palestine, called by the       Hebrews the Negeb; and was at length, on account of a famine,       compelled to go down into Egypt. This took place in the time of       the Hyksos, a Semitic race which now held the Egyptians in       bondage. Here occurred that case of deception on the part of       Abram which exposed him to the rebuke of Pharaoh (Gen. 12:18).       Sarai was restored to him; and Pharaoh loaded him with presents,       recommending him to withdraw from the country. He returned to       Canaan richer than when he left it, "in cattle, in silver, and       in gold" (Gen. 12:8; 13:2. Comp. Ps. 105:13, 14). The whole       party then moved northward, and returned to their previous       station near Bethel. Here disputes arose between Lot's shepherds       and those of Abram about water and pasturage. Abram generously       gave Lot his choice of the pasture-ground. (Comp. 1 Cor. 6:7.)       He chose the well-watered plain in which Sodom was situated, and       removed thither; and thus the uncle and nephew were separated.       Immediately after this Abram was cheered by a repetition of the       promises already made to him, and then removed to the plain or       "oak-grove" of Mamre, which is in Hebron. He finally settled       here, pitching his tent under a famous oak or terebinth tree,       called "the oak of Mamre" (Gen. 13:18). This was his third       resting-place in the land.                Some fourteen years before this, while Abram was still in       Chaldea, Palestine had been invaded by Chedorlaomer, King of       Elam, who brought under tribute to him the five cities in the       plain to which Lot had removed. This tribute was felt by the       inhabitants of these cities to be a heavy burden, and after       twelve years they revolted. This brought upon them the vengeance       of Chedorlaomer, who had in league with him four other kings. He       ravaged the whole country, plundering the towns, and carrying       the inhabitants away as slaves. Among those thus treated was       Lot. Hearing of the disaster that had fallen on his nephew,       Abram immediately gathered from his own household a band of 318       armed men, and being joined by the Amoritish chiefs Mamre, Aner,       and Eshcol, he pursued after Chedorlaomer, and overtook him near       the springs of the Jordan. They attacked and routed his army,       and pursued it over the range of Anti-Libanus as far as to       Hobah, near Damascus, and then returned, bringing back all the       spoils that had been carried away. Returning by way of Salem,       i.e., Jerusalem, the king of that place, Melchizedek, came forth       to meet them with refreshments. To him Abram presented a tenth       of the spoils, in recognition of his character as a priest of       the most high God (Gen. 14:18-20).                In a recently-discovered tablet, dated in the reign of the       grandfather of Amraphel (Gen. 14:1), one of the witnesses is       called "the Amorite, the son of Abiramu," or Abram.                Having returned to his home at Mamre, the promises already       made to him by God were repeated and enlarged (Gen. 13:14). "The       word of the Lord" (an expression occurring here for the first       time) "came to him" (15:1). He now understood better the future       that lay before the nation that was to spring from him. Sarai,       now seventy-five years old, in her impatience, persuaded Abram       to take Hagar, her Egyptian maid, as a concubine, intending that       whatever child might be born should be reckoned as her own.       Ishmael was accordingly thus brought up, and was regarded as the       heir of these promises (Gen. 16). When Ishmael was thirteen       years old, God again revealed yet more explicitly and fully his       gracious purpose; and in token of the sure fulfilment of that       purpose the patriarch's name was now changed from Abram to       Abraham (Gen. 17:4,5), and the rite of circumcision was       instituted as a sign of the covenant. It was then announced that       the heir to these covenant promises would be the son of Sarai,       though she was now ninety years old; and it was directed that       his name should be Isaac. At the same time, in commemoration of       the promises, Sarai's name was changed to Sarah. On that       memorable day of God's thus revealing his design, Abraham and       his son Ishmael and all the males of his house were circumcised       (Gen. 17). Three months after this, as Abraham sat in his tent       door, he saw three men approaching. They accepted his proffered       hospitality, and, seated under an oak-tree, partook of the fare       which Abraham and Sarah provided. One of the three visitants was       none other than the Lord, and the other two were angels in the       guise of men. The Lord renewed on this occasion his promise of a       son by Sarah, who was rebuked for her unbelief. Abraham       accompanied the three as they proceeded on their journey. The       two angels went on toward Sodom; while the Lord tarried behind       and talked with Abraham, making known to him the destruction       that was about to fall on that guilty city. The patriarch       interceded earnestly in behalf of the doomed city. But as not       even ten righteous persons were found in it, for whose sake the       city would have been spared, the threatened destruction fell       upon it; and early next morning Abraham saw the smoke of the       fire that consumed it as the "smoke of a furnace" (Gen.       19:1-28).                After fifteen years' residence at Mamre, Abraham moved       southward, and pitched his tent among the Philistines, near to       Gerar. Here occurred that sad instance of prevarication on his       part in his relation to Abimelech the King (Gen. 20). (See {ABIMELECH}.) Soon after this event, the patriarch left       the vicinity of Gerar, and moved down the fertile valley about       25 miles to Beer-sheba. It was probably here that Isaac was       born, Abraham being now an hundred years old. A feeling of       jealousy now arose between Sarah and Hagar, whose son, Ishmael,       was no longer to be regarded as Abraham's heir. Sarah insisted       that both Hagar and her son should be sent away. This was done,       although it was a hard trial to Abraham (Gen. 21:12). (See HAGAR       ¯T0001583; {ISHMAEL}.)                At this point there is a blank in the patriarch's history of       perhaps twenty-five years. These years of peace and happiness       were spent at Beer-sheba. The next time we see him his faith is       put to a severe test by the command that suddenly came to him to       go and offer up Isaac, the heir of all the promises, as a       sacrifice on one of the mountains of Moriah. His faith stood the       test (Heb. 11:17-19). He proceeded in a spirit of unhesitating       obedience to carry out the command; and when about to slay his       son, whom he had laid on the altar, his uplifted hand was       arrested by the angel of Jehovah, and a ram, which was entangled       in a thicket near at hand, was seized and offered in his stead.       From this circumstance that place was called Jehovah-jireh,       i.e., "The Lord will provide." The promises made to Abraham were       again confirmed (and this was the last recorded word of God to       the patriarch); and he descended the mount with his son, and       returned to his home at Beer-sheba (Gen. 22:19), where he       resided for some years, and then moved northward to Hebron.                Some years after this Sarah died at Hebron, being 127 years       old. Abraham acquired now the needful possession of a       burying-place, the cave of Machpelah, by purchase from the owner       of it, Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23); and there he buried Sarah.       His next care was to provide a wife for Isaac, and for this       purpose he sent his steward, Eliezer, to Haran (or Charran, Acts       7:2), where his brother Nahor and his family resided (Gen.       11:31). The result was that Rebekah, the daughter of Nahor's son       Bethuel, became the wife of Isaac (Gen. 24). Abraham then       himself took to wife Keturah, who became the mother of six sons,       whose descendants were afterwards known as the "children of the       east" (Judg. 6:3), and later as "Saracens." At length all his       wanderings came to an end. At the age of 175 years, 100 years       after he had first entered the land of Canaan, he died, and was       buried in the old family burying-place at Machpelah (Gen.       25:7-10).                The history of Abraham made a wide and deep impression on the       ancient world, and references to it are interwoven in the       religious traditions of almost all Eastern nations. He is called       "the friend of God" (James 2:23), "faithful Abraham" (Gal. 3:9),       "the father of us all" (Rom. 4:16).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abraham's bosom       (Luke 16:22,23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at       table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which       brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one       who sat or reclined above him. To "be in Abraham's bosom" thus       meant to enjoy happiness and rest (Matt. 8:11; Luke 16:23) at       the banquet in Paradise. (See {BANQUET}; {MEALS}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abram       exalted father. (see {ABRAHAM}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abronah       R.V., one of Israel's halting-places in the desert       (Num.33:34,35), just before Ezion-gaber. In A.V., "Ebronah."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Apron       found in the Authorized Version in Gen. 3:7, of the bands of       fig-leaves made by our first parents. In Acts 19:12, it denotes       the belt or half-girdle worn by artisans and servants round the       waist for the purpose of preserving the clothing from injury. In       marg. of Authorized Version, Ruth 3:15, correctly rendered       instead of "vail." (R.V., "mantle.")
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abarim, passages; passengers
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abiram, high father; father of deceit
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abraham, father of a great multitude
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abram, high father